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APPLICATION, FILED IAN-24,1918.

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EDWARD J'OOS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

Application filed January 24, 1918. Serial No. 213,593.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Eowaun Joos, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of whichthefollowing is a specification.

This invention is a toy in which the function of two varieties ofamusement are found, the primary form being adapted to hold attentionand the second being adapted to produce surprise while the attention isconcentrated upon said first form of amusement.

The game played with this toy in the said first form of amusement may,if desired, be called Hanging the Hun but other names will be equallysuitable.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, inwhich like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur,

Figure 1 is a perspective view;

Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the position and actionof the parts when the above-mentioned second form of amusement isutilized, while Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate the use of the device in thefirstmentioned form of amusement.

The gibbet 1 is provided with a suitable noose ring or loop 2,preferably formed of wire or the like, and the upright 3 of the gibbet 1is inserted in a base or block 41.

A nipple or mouth-piece 0 containing a.

passage 6 is inserted inbase at and extends into the recess 7 in thecentral part of base 4, beyond the point of insertion of vertical tubeor member 8 which contains passage 9. The member 8 and the mouth-piece 5are substantially at av right angle to each other, as are also thepassage 9 and the passage 6. The inner end of the passage 6 terminatesin a short passage 10 which is at a right angle to passage 6 but inalinement with passage 9.

Thus it will be seen that when air is blown in passage 6 through mo-uthpiece 5, when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2, the airwill pass in the direction of the arrows in Fig. 2 and blow against theball 11 of light material, such for instance as cork, and will blow thesaid aerial projectile or ball into sundry positions above member 8 andmore or less adjacent to noose 2. If the player is lucky or skilful,continued blowing Will cause ball 11 to go so near to figure to theright showing the same in final or hooked position while the dottedfigure to the left shows the ball 11 in one of many positions that thesame occupies while the player is trying to cause hook 12 to enter andhangin loop 2. c

The diverging lines will be recognized as indicating the air-blast thatcauses the ball 11 to rise from the initial position toward loop 2 andwhich also keeps the same actuated toward many intermediate positionsbefore the successful finale is reached.

If desired, the ball 11 can be decorated with a picture of any publiccharacter who is the object of obloquy or in any other suitable manner.

In playing with this toy, sometimes the ball 11 is quickly hooked intoloop 2 and on other occasions half an hours effort may be unsuccessful.

At rest, ball 11 is seated on the mouth 13 of passage 9 and'is keptmeasurably secure in such seat by a tail, such as the projecting wirerod or thelike, 11, that extends downwardly in passage 9 and whichserves as a weight that keeps hook 12 constantly on the upper side ofthe ball while the ball is being agitated as indicated in Fig. 1. Asshown in Fig. 2, the hook 12 and the tail 14: are preferably integraland formed from a single piece of wire or rod.

The game as hereinbefore described secures such close attention from theplayer that he is likely to be unobserva-nt of the opening 15 at the endof passage 16 in the gibbet 1 and upright 3 and the larger air passage17 in base 4. Anyone acquainted with the toy can at any suitable time orunder any plausible pretext, find an opportunity, without attractingattention, to turn the mouth-piece 5 from the position shown in Fig. 2to that shown in Fig. 3, in which passage 10 no longer communicates withpassage 9, but opens directly into passage 17 in which is concealed aquantity of flour, charcoal or the like. The player resumes his endeavorto secure the hook 12 in loop 2 and blows with his previous vigor, andto his discomfiture and the amusement of those around him, receives theblast of flour 19, or the like, in his face.

rights 3 and S are preferably fixed with reasonable security in base l.The mouthpiece 5 mayialso be made ir-removable therefrom, thoughnecessarily revoluble in order to change the direction of opening ofpassage, 10. Other means for loading the flour, etc;, into passage 17may be provided. It will be noticed that the opening'15 from passage 16is slanted in the direction of the person using the mouth-piece 5 whenplaying with the toy.

Having thus described this invention, I hereby reserve the benefit ofall changes in form, arrangement, order, or use of parts, as'it isevident that many minor changes may be made therein without departingfrom the spirit of thisv invention or the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A toy comprising a base, a support, a loop depending from the saidsupport, an air-passage, and a projectile having a hook adapted, in theflight of the projectile to catch on the said loop, so as to suspend theprojectile therefrom. I

2. A toy comprising asupport, a'noose, a

I projectile adapted'to be caught by the said noose, and an air conduitcomprising a hollow mouth-piece and a tube upon which the saidprojectile is adapted to seat when at rest, the said mouth-piece beingrevoluble and adapted to direct air blown through the same either towardthe said projectile or away therefrom, a reservoir adapted to containcomminuted material, an, air-passage leading therefrom to a point higherthan the said mouth-piece, and the said mouth-piece communicating withthesaid reservior when not in communication with the said pro 3. A toycomprising a'su'poort, a noose, a projectile adapted to be caught by thesaid noose, and an air conduit. comprising a hollow mouth-piece and atube upon which the said projectile is adapted to seat when at rest, thesaid mouth-piece being revoluble and adapted to direct air blown throughthe same either toward the said projectile or away. therefrom, areservoir adapted to contain comminuted material, an air passage leadingtherefrom to a point adapted to the users discomfort when using themouth-piece.

4. 7A toy comprising a base having a chamber therein and three tubularmembers lead ing out of the said base, one of which perenniallycommunicates with the said cham-' her and another of which is adapted toCopies of this patent may be obtained forfive cents each, by addressingthe commissioner of Patents, 7

establish communication therewith and the n I u v I I third of which isdisconnected with the sald chamber, the sald second-mentioned com-.niunicating member being adapted alter-' nately to communicate withthesaid chamher and with the said third-mentioned member.

5. A toy comprising a base having a chamber therein and three tubularmembers leading out of the sa1d base, one of which perenniallycommunicates with the said her and with the said third-mentioned memherand a projectile normally seated upon the said third-mentioned member.

6. A toy' comprising a base having a chamber therein and three tubularmem bers leading out of the said base, one of which perenniallycommunicates with the said chamber and another of which is adapted toestablish communication therewith and the third of which. isdisconnected with the said chamber, the said second-mentionedcommunicating member being adapted alternately to communicate with thesaid chamber and with the said third-mentioned member, and a projectilenormally seated upon the said third-mentioned member, the said first,second, and third-mentioned mem: bers each containing an air-passage. 7

7. In a toy, the combination, with a pneumatically-propelled projectilecarrying; a hook, of a member arranged in the path of flight of saidprojectile and adapted to be caught by said hook, and means carried bysaid projectile for maintaining the hook in latter.

'8. In a toy, the combinatiom with a pneu matically-propelled projectilecarryinga hook, ofa member arranged inthe path of flight ofsaid-projectile and adapted tobe caught by said hook, and a tail,constituting a weight, carried by said projectile diametrically oppositesaid hook.

9. In a toy,the combination, with a pneu- 'matically-propelledprojectile, of a member carried by and projecting at both ends from saidprojectile, one of said. projecting portions being bent to form a hookand the other projecting portion constituting atail,

and a target disposed in the path of flight of said pro ect le andadapted to be caught by said hook.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature.

EDWARD J 00S,

Washington, D. 0.

